Sample-card



No. 626,!37. Patented May 30, I899. A. H. BROADWAY.

SAMPLE CARD.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

WITNESSES /N UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER H. BROADWAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE PASSAIC PRINTWVORKS, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.

SAM PLE-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,137, dated May 30,1899.

Application filed April 8, 1899. Serial No. 712,238. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALEXANDERH. BROAD- WAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSample-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sample-cardsfor exhibiting textile fabricssuitable for wearingapparel; and the object of the invention is toprovide a sample-card which shall show off such goods to some extent asthey appear when made into a garment for which the goods are suitable,said sample-card to be of simple and inexpensive construction andpreferably of small size,whereby the necessity of using full-sizegarments completely made up as samples is obviated.

The invention consists of a sample-card comprising a card-body providedat its face side with printing representing in miniature portions of agarment, an opening in said card arranged relatively to said printedmatter, a backing attached to said card, and a layer of textile fabricinterposed between the body and backing of the card and the inventionconsists, further, of certain details of construction and combinationsof parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter and finallypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the card-bodyof my improved sample-card. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the completedsample-card; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3,Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The drawings illustrate my invention as embodied in a sample-cardintended for showing colored shirtings.

A indicates the card-body, which is provided at a, Z), c, and d withprinting representing in miniature portions of a shirt for which thegoods to be shown are applicable-such as the shoulders, neckband, andlower portions of the front. The card-body A is provided with an opening13, said opening having the outline of the body or. bosom of the shirtand being so arranged that its outline connects with the printedoutlines a, c, and d.

Openings 0, having the outline of the body of the cuffs, are alsoarranged in the card A, in connection with additional printing 6, representing the tabs of the cuffs. To the cardbody A is secured in anysuitable manner a backing D, of paper or other suitable material, saidbacking extending over the openings in the card-body and serving toretain in position opposite said openings pieces E E E of the textilefabric which it is desired to exhibit. The textile fabric may extendover all the disconnected openings B C O, or

two pieces may be used, one for the opening B and the other for theopenings 0 O, orindividual pieces may be arranged for each opening. Whena card has several openings, different patterns of goods may be shown ineach or the same pattern may be differently colored or arranged in anyof the openings. In the card shown in the drawings one piece extendsover the opening B and other pieces, arranged to bring the design atright angles to the first piece, cover the openings 0. The edges of thefabric preferably extend beyond the openings, and the fabric may besecured at its edges to the backing D and card A, or either, or over itswhole surface to the backing by paste or other means. The backingextends beyond the fabric and is there secured to the card-body.

It is obvious that the printed matter on the card-body may represent anyportion of a garment viewed from any point, the opening in any casebeing so arranged relatively to said printed matter as to expose thegoods in proper relation thereto. Printed matter or letteringdescriptive of the goods may be arranged on the card.

The entire sample-card is preferably made up in small size. For example,for shirts the card may be of no larger size than that indicated by thedrawings. By reason of their small size a large number of cards may beeasily carried by a salesman, thus dispensing with the cumbersome samplegarments here tofore in use.

The cards can also be used to advantage as an advertising sample-cardwhich is to be given out by the retailers in quantities, so as toadvertise shirtings and other fabrics in an attractive and advantageousmanner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A sample-card, comprising a card-body provided at itsface side with printing representing in miniature the collar and upperportion 1 of a shirt, and the lower corners of the body,

of the same, and with printing representing the tabs of cuffs arrangedseparately therefrom, a bosom-opening in said card-body between theupper and lower printing for the shirt, culfeopenings in said card-bodyar-

